Mortality attributable to bluetongue virus serotype 8 infection in Dutch dairy cows

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 183-188

  Santman Berends, I M G A ^a   van Schaik, G ^a   Bartels, C J M ^a   Stegeman, J A ^b   Vellema, P ^a  

^a GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; BTV 8; Cattle; Census data; Disease; Epidemic; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS SEROTYPE 8; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; INFECTION CONTROL; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; EPIDEMICS; NETHERLANDS;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS 8; BOS;

EID: 79951577697     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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